Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1273 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, why'd the toad lady howl like that, lowkey creepy?

1. She was lonely and wanted some company — score 1
2. She wanted to keep the boy from leaving the marsh, so she howled like his real mother to trick him into staying — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. She howled like that because she wanted the boy to stay and never go back to his people or his lodge — score 1
4. She wanted to keep the boy from leaving — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1255, line 20: «The governor's wife cries "Nonsense!" because she thinks the order is strange, but her husband will not change his mind.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same doer «wife» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what did the boy say he actually wanted to hear?

1. Dakota lullabies — score 0
2. The woman's voice, the one he heard crying for him in the marsh every night — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The gruff voice of the old toad mother, singing the lullaby she always sang to him — no support
4. The woman's voice — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1273, line 5: «The chieftain gives the baby to his daughter, names him Chaske, and holds a feast, but that night the young mother hears voices coming from her sleeping child'…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

no cap, who spotted the boy on the little island?

1. A fisher — score 3
2. A young warrior — score 3
3. A traveling trader — score 3
4. An Indian hunter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1273, line 3: «An Indian hunter spots the black-haired boy playing among the reeds on an island, runs to his wigwam, and the boy's parents rush to the lake and claim him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spot» (+4); the same property (+2); the same receiver «black haired boy» (+1). Against it: the same doer «indian hunter» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

so who was the baby in the grass, fr?

1. A lost child in the grass — no support
2. A wood-child in soft brown buckskins that some hunter had wrapped and hidden in the reeds — no support
3. A wood-child in buckskins, left alone in the tall grass by someone who never returned — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. A wood-child in buckskins — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 816, line 12: «She leaves behind the grass and daisies, who "had looked up to her as to a great lady."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok but what did the chieftain name the baby?

1. Ka — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tahca — no support
3. Chaske, the eldest son — no support
4. Chaske — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

wait, what's the sus part at the end?

1. Voices came out of the baby's mouth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Crying — no support
3. A strange noise — no support
4. Smoke rose from the baby's cradle — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the crier yell, like, for the big announcement?

1. A race — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. A dance for the warriors' return — no support
3. A feast and dance for the naming — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. A hunt — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 735, line 19: «Old word "bewail" means to cry loudly and sadly about something, so "bewail her loss" means she weeps over what she has lost.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the people go all out with paint, or what?

1. Bright red paint on their cheeks, their arms, and the palms of their hands, mixed with bear fat — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Black stripes on their faces — no support
3. Bright red paint on their cheeks — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. Bright red paint on their cheeks and on their foreheads for the whole feast — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1244, line 19: «Old word: "Lapp" was the old name for the Sámi people of the far north; today "Sámi" is the proper name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

how'd the singers start off, like, what's the vibe?

1. They whistled a loud tune together — no support
2. They hummed to find the common pitch, then sang the whole song in a circle around the fire — score 5
3. They hummed to find the common pitch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. They hummed softly in a circle, testing each voice until they found the common pitch together — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1273, line 20: «Old word: "pitch" means how high or low a note sounds, so the singers hummed "to find the common pitch" before their song began.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); the same doer «singers» (+2); the same thing acted on «common pitch» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

why'd the toad mom say the eldest is always best?

1. To warn him about the river — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To scare him — no support
3. To sleep — no support
4. To quiet the boy for a while — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did the little toad brother do all day?

1. Nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Hop at the wild boy's feet — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Sleep — score 1
4. Sit quietly on a log all day — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1022, line 11: «The brothers can visit home "once in every year", and they stay "eleven days".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brothers» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

the mom was super tense, why'd she check on the kid?

1. She feared he would leave her — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She was hungry — no support
3. She feared he would leave her and return to his people, never to visit the marsh again — no support
4. She thought he was sick — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 362, line 1: «A young Kid thinks his growing horns make him a grown-up, so he ignores his mother when the flock heads home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

real talk, what made the chieftain go out at night?

1. He heard a sound and looked for danger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He heard a sound near the lodge and went out to look for danger, with his bow in hand — score 3
3. He wanted to check the sleeping camp — score 3
4. A strange noise woke him, so he rushed outside into the dark to search for danger around the camp and the river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1270, line 2: «They run off afraid, but the chieftain smiles and sends riders to find out who the stranger is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find out» (+4). Against it: the same doer «chieftain» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol, what did the old toad mom sound like?

1. A high, thin cry — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A gruff, coarse voice — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sweet — no support
4. Soft — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1078, line 18: «Old words: a "hussey" was a bold, rude girl, and a "minx" was a saucy, forward one, so both are insults that sound old-fashioned now.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the elder toad endeavour to retain the human child?

1. By singing softly — no support
2. By hooting a hollow tune in imitation of his mother's voice — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. By wailing a coarse song that imitated a distant mourning chant — score 0
4. By emitting a gruff imitation of a Dakota lament — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1273, line 2: «The boy pouts and says he wants the woman's voice, so the toad mother admits she cannot keep him, and she sends a son after him to keep him near.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «voice» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reason did the toad mother advance for her inability to retain the child?

1. The child had perceived and beheld his true mother — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. The boy had encountered his true family near the shore — score 0
3. He was too heavy — no support
4. He wanted to go home — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 329, line 7: «Who: Wendy, John and Michael are the children who want to go home to their parents.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «children» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which phenomenon caused the young mother to become apprehensive regarding her infant?

1. A bright star — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sounds of many voices emanating from the infant's mouth — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Crying of the babe — no support
4. A strange shadow over the cradle — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what designation was the adopted infant formally known?

1. The name of the eldest son of the chieftain — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Chaske — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Chaske, the wood-child given to the chieftain's daughter — no support
4. Hanska — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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